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Measures reported by BTPop3RecTest
The Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3) adapter is used to retrieve data from a server that houses POP3 mailboxes into a BizTalk Server by means of the POP3 protocol. The POP3 adapter consists of only one adapter, a receive adapter. This receive adapter controls the receive locations that use the POP3 adapter.
The POP3 receive adapter retrieves e-mail from a specified mailbox on a specified POP3 server. By default, the POP3 receive adapter applies MIME processing to the e-mail messages that it downloads and submits these messages to BizTalk Server as multipart BizTalk messages. The POP3 receive adapter can receive and process e-mail in the following formats:
- Plain text
- MIME encoded
- MIME encrypted
- MIME encoded and signed
- MIME encrypted and signed
This test is used to monitor the session and message load on the POP3 adapter so that, overload conditions and processing bottlenecks are accurately identified.
The measures
made by this test are as
follows:
| Measurement |
Description |
Measurement
Unit |
Interpretation |
| Activesessions |
Indicates the number of open POP3 connections that are managed by the POP3 adapter on this host instance. |
Number |
This is a good indicator of the session load on the adapter. |
| Bytesreceived |
Indicates the total number of bytes that are downloaded by the POP3 adapter on this host instance from a mail server. |
Bytes |
This is a good indicator of the data load on the adapter. |
| BytesreceivedSec |
Indicates the rate at which bytes are downloaded from a mail server by the POP3 adapter on this host instance. |
Bytes/Sec |
A consistent decrease in this value could indicate a processing bottleneck. |
| Messagesreceived |
Indicates the total number of email messages that the POP3 adapter on this host instance, downloaded from the mail server. |
Number |
This is a good indicator of the load on the adapter. |
| MessagesreceivedSec |
Indicates the rate at which the POP3 adapter on this host instance downloaded messages from the mail server. |
Msgs/sec |
A consistent decrease in this value could indicate a processing bottleneck. |
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